following on that some heavy showers following on that dry and hard ground. it's going to be another day with temperatures above 30 degrees, that is the eighth consecutive day, but turning cooler in the north—west. some are more persistent, perhaps thundery rain for parts of scotland and northern england, and further south across england, and further south across england and wales. further north —— further on tuesday, tempter starting to come down. typically things will be feeling cooler and fresher, low pressure is not far away, so hopefully we'll see a bit more rain towards the south, but it could be heavy with some potential for localised flooding. then, it looks like things are in a bit drier, critically towards the south later in the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines... sir salman rushdie, stabbed at an event in new york state, has reportedly been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk. in ukraine, president zelensky warns that russians shooting at the zaporyzhzhia nuclear plant will immediately be targeted by ukrainian forces. firefighters in france say a huge forest fire in the gironde region is now contained, after overnight rain. and there are warnings in the uk over the use of disposable barbecues, after a weekend of wildfires across england. now the sport with holly hamilton. good morning. for the first time since the first week of the first premier league season, manchester united fans are waking up with their side bottom of the premier league table. manager erik ten hag called their defeat at brentford disappointing.

he may well have used other adjectives in the dressing room. contrast them from with manchester city and arsenal — who both maintained their 100% records. dan 0gunshakin rounds up the best of saturday's action. mutinous before kickoff, and desperate for some positivity, they were let down by their once reliable goalkeeper. horrible error by david de gea! and things got worse for the spaniard, and united, as brentford smelled blood. commentator: no wonder he's shaking his head. - the hosts would add a third, then a fourth before half time to leave united bottom for the first time since 1992. commentator: manchester united have been shredded! _ shredded! it was clear that our performance was really poor. when you start a game like this, you make such mistakes, you cannot win a game. contrast the mood at the etihad where they got their first glimpse of erling haaland. the norwegian provided the assist

for the opener on his home debut but would finish goalless. on this occasion, he would play second fiddle to kevin de bruyne, who provided the magic in a 4—0 win. a former city striker seems to be the answer to arsenal's goalscoring prayers. gabrieljesus stole the show on his emirates premier league debut against leicester. commentator: jesus! what a way to score his first arsenal goal! the brazilian bagged a brace, as the gunners ran out li—2 winners, to make it two wins from two for mikel arteta. 3a times they've faced each on the pitch, now, for the first time off it. lampard won 16 encounters to gerrard's 11, but the latter side would draw first blood here through danny ings. it was gerrard who would take the victory on this occasion, as emiliano buendia's second—half goal left lampard to reflect on a 2—1 defeat. defensively, we've got to handle the ball better and not leave ourselves open. in the last ten minutes, we should have drawn the game. zero points but an awful

lot of questions. dan 0gunshakin, bbc news. celtic have the chance to return to the top of the scottish premiership this afternoon. they travel to kilmarnock at lunchtime, needing a a—goal win to replace rangers. giovani van bronckhorst�*s side cruised to a third straight league win with a 4—0 triumph over stjohnstone. wins elsewhere for motherwell, livingston and st mirren. it's been a great week for dan evans at the canadian 0pen, beating some big names such as andrey rublev, taylor fritz and tommy paul — but his run is over, losing in the semi—finals after a three—set defeat to pablo carreno busta. evans actually became the first player at the tournament to take a set off the spaniard, after losing the first set he won the second in a tie—break. carreno busta took the third set 6—2 though after an exhausting three hours, but evans' recent performances should see him move close

to the top 20 in the rankings. great britain will be optimistic of adding to their medal tally in the rowing at the european championships in munich later after delivering four golds. both the men's and women's four became european champions, the women holding off ireland to take gold. the team finished lith in tokyo but a new look quartet impressed. the women's eight and men's single sculls are among the medal chances today. alice kinsella made it two silvers so far in gymnastics — helping great britain to second place in the team final. alongside 0ndine achampong, jennifer &jessica gadirova, and georgia mae—fenton, they were just beaten by italy, who they pipped to the podium at last year's olympics. britain's kieran riley won silver in the men's bmx. he looked destined for goal before being pipped by antonyjeanjean of france.

pfeiffer georgi won track cycling silver in the women's elimination race. at the european aquatics championships in rome, britain won three medals on saturday — two bronzes and a thrilling gold in the women's 1! x 100 metre freestyle relay. at the bottom of your screen, freya anderson, who swam in the 200 semi finals earlier in the evening, brought the gold home, just ahead of sweden and the netherlands. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, joanna gosling with the papers. hello and welcome to our look at what the papers are saying today. with me is shyama perera, who is a journalist and author and anne ashworth, property

and personal finance commentator. welcome to both of you. on the front pages... the observer leads on the impacts of severe heat in the uk. the papers call it "britain's long, parched summer." the sunday express says it's backing liz truss to become the next prime minister. her rival rishi sunak is on the front of the sunday telegraph — urging sanctions for iran, following the stabbing of salman rushdie. the sunday times chooses to focus on reports the treasury is developing a plan to hand out more money to cope with energy costs. and finally, the mirror shows the human impact of the cost of living crisis. so let's begin. first of all, the observer. i mentioned the picture story, the long, parched summer. the main news story, keir starmerto long, parched summer. the main news story, keir starmer to demand holt on a hike in energy prices, saying 0fgem should be blocked in allowing

the increase to energy prices in october, to keep the price cap current level of just below october, to keep the price cap current level ofjust below £2000. the observer is reporting on monday keir starmer is going to demand that the energy cap be frozen at £1971. instead of 3600, which we had anticipated as being the next cap in october. this also follows from last week's story in the observer where gordon brown took the gauntlet and really sort of started pushing the labour party to come up with some proper solutions. this is quite interesting, it is done in conjunction with the joseph interesting, it is done in conjunction with thejoseph rowntree foundation and other charities was that they have all their ducks in a row in calling for this clap. interesting, in the sunday times, on the front page, there are also

talking about the question of what can be done and what the different proposals are. a proposal along these lines has been put to the government in talks by the energy companies but the sunday times is saying apparently what is being considered by the treasury is to look at something that would mean a £400 cut comejanuary. it look at something that would mean a £400 cut come january.— £400 cut come january. it seems as if the treasury — £400 cut come january. it seems as if the treasury thinks _ £400 cut come january. it seems as if the treasury thinks a _ £400 cut come january. it seems as if the treasury thinks a cut - £400 cut come january. it seems as if the treasury thinks a cut of- £400 cut come january. it seems as if the treasury thinks a cut of £400| if the treasury thinks a cut of £400 would be enough. i suspect as the week goes on there will be more listening to the ideas put forward by two energy bosses, the boss of scottishpower, and the bus of eon, that the current cap be frozen at its current level. in an emergency —— and an emergency fund be set up which the energy companies could call on so there will be no

increases in fuel bills over the next couple of years, perhaps, in order to save us from this cost of living crisis that is looming. 0ne living crisis that is looming. one interesting thing about the sunday times can seem the idea was put forward as early as april and the plan could now be in place because whatever happens, nothing can be done that quickly. help will definitely be forthcoming. this belief that help will not be forthcoming is entirely wrong. it will take time. we need to develop something of a sense of urgency here. ., , ., , here. there are stories in the -a ers, here. there are stories in the papers. we — here. there are stories in the papers. we have _ here. there are stories in the papers, we have been - here. there are stories in the| papers, we have been hearing here. there are stories in the - papers, we have been hearing so many of them, about the human cost to people just trying to pay these bills that they simply cannot. the sunday mirror has heartbreak. that is the headline. a heartbreaking story about a woman working as a

cleaner afford energy bills and stopped paying for her nhs pension. she died sadly two months later. have family any neither stress and decision they had taken when they did not get a payout they would normally have suspected from this pension. judith thore not suspected from this pension. judith thorpe got a _ suspected from this pension. judith thorpe got a very — suspected from this pension. judith thorpe got a very rare _ suspected from this pension. judith thorpe got a very rare form - suspected from this pension. judith thorpe got a very rare form of - thorpe got a very rare form of coronavirus. she got on the saturday and had her ventilator turned up on the wednesday. it attacked her spine and her brain. that is something thatis and her brain. that is something that is worth the story in itself. she had started working for the hospital on a very low salary, £14,500 a year. she was raising two children alone after the death of her husband. she had been paying a small amount into her pension since november. she decided in the middle

of this year even the tiny man she was paying less than £400, was too much because every penny counted. —— their tiny amount. she asked to cash in her pension and got £240. that was such a meaningful amount. that is something people are not realising, when you are right down at the bottom in terms of earnings, the use of many becomes granular. every penny really does start to count stop this is such a small amount she wanted back. she cashed it in and as a result, unfortunately after a completely unexpected death, their children have missed out on a £30,000 life insurance type pension payment, which is particularly sad given they are now orphaned. so sad. the rirls given they are now orphaned. so sad. the girls are — given they are now orphaned. so sad. the girls are 13 _ given they are now orphaned. so sad. the girls are 13 and _ given they are now orphaned. so sad. the girls are 13 and 16. _ given they are now orphaned. so sad. the girls are 13 and 16. similar -

the girls are 13 and 16. similar stuff in the sunday times which is focusing on the can't pay, don't pgy- focusing on the can't pay, don't pay. a number of different examples in the article. louise martindale talks about not being able to afford the bills along with what the family is having to do in terms of private health bills to fund treatment for a brain tumour her daughter has and a condition in her five—year—old grandson. she says it will be crippling for her.— grandson. she says it will be crippling for her. what is in the article? it _ crippling for her. what is in the article? it focuses _ crippling for her. what is in the article? it focuses on _ crippling for her. what is in the article? it focuses on the - crippling for her. what is in the - article? it focuses on the squeezed middle. there has been a lot of talk about people on the lowest incomes. we need to be very clear that people who incur themselves as reasonably well—to—do, adding 40,000, 50,000, will see the impact of an energy

crisis. half of households will be in fuel poverty. that is spending 10% of more of your income after housing costs on energy. again, more stats and more facts and evidence of the hardship that could be looming in this piece that wilful is change. going back to the issue of the pension, a pension is a very valuable asset. in this current time, death in service benefits which come with pensions are really extraordinarily valuable. when they start to cut back, paying into pension as the last thing you should cut back on. you can see this issue is very close to my heart. throughout the paper quite clear something must be done on energy bills. we need to know pretty quickly what the solutions are going to be. {lin quickly what the solutions are going to be. , . .,, quickly what the solutions are going to be. , . , .,

to be. on the rising cost of living, what we are _ to be. on the rising cost of living, what we are seeing _ to be. on the rising cost of living, what we are seeing with - to be. on the rising cost of living, what we are seeing with the - to be. on the rising cost of living, | what we are seeing with the energy bills is inflation atjust astronomical levels, that doesn't reflect the inflation level, the official inflation level in low double digits. people are not... how are people feeling in reality in terms of inflation?— are people feeling in reality in terms of inflation? they are feeling ruite terms of inflation? they are feeling quite panicky- _ terms of inflation? they are feeling quite panicky- the _ terms of inflation? they are feeling quite panicky. the bank— terms of inflation? they are feeling quite panicky. the bank of- terms of inflation? they are feeling quite panicky. the bank of england | quite panicky. the bank of england has said by the end of the year inflation could be around 13% and it will be double digits throughout 2023. the increases we are seeing in fuel bills will be very much in excess of that. that is why i think there should be makkelie idea has been put forward by energy bosses that we should freeze the energy price cap and that the energy companies would be able to jaw on this fund would be quite a good idea because that would take some of the pressure of the overall inflation. it is food prices and other prices

that are rising as a result of supply chain issues and because of the drought that is also over on our front pages, which is going to put up front pages, which is going to put up price costs. people are feeling the squeeze from all kinds of directions. there needs to be something big done to lessen some of that pressure. {lin something big done to lessen some of that pressure-— that pressure. on the issue of drou:ht, that pressure. on the issue of drought, that _ that pressure. on the issue of drought, that is _ that pressure. on the issue of drought, that is on _ that pressure. on the issue of drought, that is on the - that pressure. on the issue of drought, that is on the front l that pressure. on the issue of| drought, that is on the front of that pressure. on the issue of- drought, that is on the front of the mail on sunday. they have got the water minister saying, ordering supply companies to put customers across ahead of shareholders threatening companies with fines if they don't fix leaks. this has been winding up a lot of water users, particularly in areas where they have hosepipe bans. i particularly in areas where they have hosepipe bans.— particularly in areas where they have hosepipe bans. i think, joanna, to be honest. _ have hosepipe bans. ! think, joanna, to be honest, it— have hosepipe bans. ! think, joanna, to be honest, it has— have hosepipe bans. i think, joanna, to be honest, it has been _ have hosepipe bans. i think, joanna, to be honest, it has been winding i have hosepipe bans. i think, joanna, to be honest, it has been winding up people for a long time. water companies have already been fined miserly amounts for pouring effluent into rivers and streams. they are

constantly breaking all the rules and they get away with it time and again. i am old enough to remember theirfears when water again. i am old enough to remember their fears when water was privatised, that precisely these problems would occur. and where big money was concerned, nobody would do anything about it. we are now getting increase techniques because the heat makes pipes crack. it doesn't matter how much their water companies do, it is never enough. they always say to ascot have victorian sewage systems, victorian water systems. victorian sewage systems, victorian watersystems. it victorian sewage systems, victorian water systems. it has been a long time since the victorians they were supposed to update it all. london seem to be under turmoil because every red was being dug up because thames water was updating everything. it has made no difference. you and i both know ultimately it will be the consumers who will pay for this, not the shareholders who have been paid billions in dividends. what steve is

saying, their water companies had paid £3 billion in dividendsjust this year. instead of putting that money back into showing up infrastructure. perhaps that is something our new prime minister can remember when they are talking about giving businesses breaks and things. perhaps we can start punitive action against businesses but put profits before performance. the sunday telegraph has on its front page, a headline, ministers must overrule nimbys and build reservoirs to beat the drought. how to deal with it in the long—term is questioned. the to deal with it in the long-term is questioned-— questioned. the dream of a great water industry — questioned. the dream of a great water industry would _ questioned. the dream of a great water industry would be - questioned. the dream of a great water industry would be a - questioned. the dream of a great water industry would be a great l water industry would be a great partnership between private enterprise and proper regulation. it seems as if the water industry has maybe had to cosy relationship with

their regulator, who hasn't required their regulator, who hasn't required the amount of investment. about 20% of what we use is lost in leaks and thatis of what we use is lost in leaks and that is growing by the day. some of the solution would be the building of extra reservoirs. there are some contentious ones. there was a reservoir planned in abingdon. it seems as if nimby protest, people who do not want the destruction of wildlife and everything else this would involve on their doorstep, they still want water but they have protested against the digging of a reservoir and there is some proposal that such protest would be overruled. i really cannot see that happening practically that we definitely need new reservoirs. we need to really get control of our water companies, in which the chinese government has a very large stake in thames water and look at the whole of the way the industry is structured and see whether the

current model is working. i don't see nationalisation as being the answer to it. the system is supposed to work effectively and itjust is not. to work effectively and it 'ust is not. , , ., to work effectively and it 'ust is not. g , . , to work effectively and it 'ust is not. , . , ., to work effectively and it 'ust is not. , . ., , not. just a little spat i have seen in the observer _ not. just a little spat i have seen in the observer on _ not. just a little spat i have seen in the observer on water - not. just a little spat i have seen l in the observer on water leakage. not. just a little spat i have seen - in the observer on water leakage. -- in the observer on water leakage. —— a little statistic. the water companies have been saying they are doing so much better, they had gone up doing so much better, they had gone up the league table in terms of leakages. in italy, the government says, 42% of water supply is lost through pipes. yes, it is an issue all over but it is an issue obviously that is extremely stressful for people when there is not enough water to go round. let's finish on a piece on working from home. it is an interesting piece in the sunday times. talking about how the sunday times. talking about how the trend might go and one thing that struck me in particular is the

article says there are practical factors, just as some workers blocked two air—conditioned offices last week amid the rising cost of heating your own home this winter could mean coming in sagely many. it is weighing up the merits and otherwise of working from home. apparently now it has gone down from 10 million at the height of the pandemic to around 4.7 million people working from home. that actually everyone i know certainly works from home two or three days a week now, unless they of history in retailjobs week now, unless they of history in retail jobs that they week now, unless they of history in retailjobs that they have to physically be in that space. most offices seem to have brought in rules allowing you to work from home. i can really see this would be problematic as we start to pay for heat all day long in our homes, unless companies are going to start giving people heat allowances for running computers, running screens, all of this is costing money,

staying warm. it is really going to push prices up. it is a secular conversation at the moment, the price of water, the price of heat. —— a circular conversation. you think, by the end of the year, it will probably be 30% of my take—home pgy- will probably be 30% of my take—home pay. luckily i have everjust my credit cards and whatever. that is not being offset by an increase in what i getting paid.— what i getting paid. what ails thou . hts what i getting paid. what ails thoughts -- _ what i getting paid. what ails thoughts -- what _ what i getting paid. what ails thoughts -- what are - what i getting paid. what ails thoughts -- what are your i what i getting paid. what ails - thoughts -- what are your thoughts? thoughts —— what are your thoughts? working from home is one of the great _ working from home is one of the great culture wars of our age in which _ great culture wars of our age in which everybody has an opinion, including — which everybody has an opinion, including malcolm gladwell, the american author, whose view we should _ american author, whose view we should he — american author, whose view we should be back in the office seems to have _ should be back in the office seems to have inspired this piece. when people _ to have inspired this piece. when people want to be warm, they will go

back people want to be warm, they will go hack to _ people want to be warm, they will go hack to the _ people want to be warm, they will go back to the office. it may not be all the _ back to the office. it may not be all the days of the week that it is inspiration — all the days of the week that it is inspiration and learning that happens in the office. in the early days of— happens in the office. in the early days of my— happens in the office. in the early days of my career, listening to people — days of my career, listening to people who were experts at theirjob and how— people who were experts at theirjob and how they operated was vital. i draw _ and how they operated was vital. i draw on _ and how they operated was vital. i draw on those lessons today. there has to _ draw on those lessons today. there has to he _ draw on those lessons today. there has to he an — draw on those lessons today. there has to be an element of handing on the button — has to be an element of handing on the button to the next generation of workers _ the button to the next generation of workers. that tends to operate most effectively _ workers. that tends to operate most effectively in the workplace. it seems — effectively in the workplace. it seems as— effectively in the workplace. it seems as if what we are now focused on is _ seems as if what we are now focused on is outcome working that has not necessarily— on is outcome working that has not necessarily been a loss of productivity but nevertheless the loss of— productivity but nevertheless the loss of something else very precious, which is that instruction on how— precious, which is that instruction on how to — precious, which is that instruction on how to do yourjob really well. lovely— on how to do yourjob really well. lovely to — on how to do yourjob really well. lovely to talk to you both. being in an air—conditioned studio has slightly softened the blow of working on a sunday. it is also an absolute joy to be able to be joined by both of you to talk about the papers. i hope it is not too hot of

the day for you and see you both seen. thanks to shyama perera and anne ashworth. 0ne one final day of extreme heat today. things will turn colour over the next 24 to 48 hours. there is some in the forecast today. there are heavy showers and thunderstorms in northern ireland. they will become more widespread in scotland over the next couple of days. the extreme heat warning are still in force. health and transport impacts possible due to the high temperatures we are seeing for the seventh day in a row. some heavy showers and thunderstorms will be pushing across northern ireland and western scotland during the course of the day, gradually reaching

eastern scotland. 0ne of the day, gradually reaching eastern scotland. one or two isolated showers across the lake district and snowdonia as well. in the south, east and central parts of england, south wales, temperatures around 33, 34. some heavy downpours in the north—west will creep that the south and east. it is going to be another warm and sticky feeling night. in. temperatures generally in the mid to high teens, could be 20 degrees or so. another tropical night across england and south wales. no pressure becomes more established across the uk. moore thus was the heavy showers and thunderstorms. if you catch one or two of their sharp showers and thunderstorms, there could be hail and lightning as well as the potential localised flooding as well as falling on the dry and hard ground. again another day with temperatures above 30 degrees, the eighth consecutive day in the south

and is. turning cooler in the north and is. turning cooler in the north and west. some more persistent with and west. some more persistent with and west. some more persistent with and we rein in parts of scotland and northern england. further south across england and wales, later on tuesday more the chance of heavy showers and thunderstorms around. temperature starting to come down below 30 degrees. we are looking at the high teens across the north west. things feeling cooler and fresher. hopefully we will see more rain mid week in the south. it could be heavy with the potential for localised flooding. things will turn drier in the south later in the week. goodbye.

critically towards the south later in the week.

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